September 30, 2024 at 01:47PM Benjamin Paley, co-owner of Minnesota’s GEN8 Services, is indicted in the U.S. for participating in an international conspiracy to traffic counterfeit networking devices. Alongside co-conspirators, Paley allegedly sold at least 3,637 forged Brocade switch licenses, causing Brocade significant financial losses. He may face a maximum of 20 years in prison … Read more
March 15, 2024 at 12:12PM Sandu Boris Diaconu, a Moldovan national, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for operating E-Root, an online marketplace selling access to hacked computers globally. Faces supervised release and extradition, and has been linked to more than 350,000 credentials for sale, impacting global victims. The illicit platform facilitated cybercriminal … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 06:49PM Sandu Diaconu, operator of the illegal E-Root marketplace, has been extradited to the U.S. to face a potential 20-year prison sentence for selling access to compromised computers. Diaconu was arrested in the U.K. after authorities seized E-Root’s domains. The U.S. seeks both imprisonment and forfeiture of Diaconu’s criminal proceeds. E-Root … Read more